REDISCOVERING THE SUMMIT TRAIL – From November 28th to 5th December 2015, the Borneo Expedition team members John Kong, Wong Hoe Kiat and John Lee spent a week at Pendant Hut, operated by Mountain TORQ to rediscover and document Mount Kinabalu new summit trail which is now opened to the public from December 1,, Read More
In the far far southern corner of the State of Sabah near the borders of Kalimantan and Sarawak once lived a legend called Upai Semaring, a giant, village chief and warrior who possessed special powers. This place is called Long Pasia, home of the Lundayeh people. The Borneo Expedition will make a 5 days, Read More
Life is a journey, not a destination” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Overlanding as the name suggests, describes undertaking a journey over land whether with your own vehicle or on your own two feet or in an overland truck with other people. The essence of overlanding, no matter what your mode of transport, is that, Read More
Paid a visit today to YM Dato’ Seri Tengku Dr. Zainal Adlin, Chairman of Sabah Parks Board of Trustees to hand him the latest print of Mount Kinabalu after the Sabah quake. Also wish to thank YM Dato’ Seri for his acceptance to become the Organising Chairman and Patron of The Borneo Expedition, a 4WD, Read More
GREETINGS FROM THE BORNEO EXPEDITION! Let’s start by introducing myself. From the humble beginnings of working as a creative director, to photographer, to photojournalist, to publisher during the last 15 years, my passion for 4WD expedition has started only 6 years ago by an invitation to join Borneo Safari as an event photographer in 2009/2010. I was engaged, Read More
PONTIANAK – SANDAI – PANGKALAN BUN The Trans Borneo Expedition 2014 (TB2014) is organised by JAVA Adventura headed by its CEO and Expedition Leader, Pak Harry Sanusi from Indonesia. The 4WD Expedition event successfully circumnavigate the island of Borneo over more than 6,200 Km taking a total of 23 days. TB2014 had 75 participants and, Read More
The Trans Borneo Expedition 2014 (TB2014) is organised by JAVA Adventura headed by its CEO and Expedition Leader, Pak Harry Sanusi from Indonesia. The 4WD Expedition event successfully circumnavigate the island of Borneo over more than 6,200 Km taking a total of 23 days. TB2014 had 75 participants and 25 vehicles from 4 nations Brunei,, Read More
Text and Photos By: John Kong Mission of the Gurkha Hut Photography Expedition While on an expedition to capture images for several projects for the Sabah Park’s Mesilau Nature Gallery and for our sponsors TAMRAC Bags, we made a photographic expedition to visit the highest mountain hut in Borneo and Malaysia to the Western, Read More
Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) (IATA: BKI, ICAO: WBKK) is an international airport serving Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of the city centre. In 2013, 6.9 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the second busiest airport in Malaysia after Kuala, Read More
Text and Photos By: John Kong Sabah, Malaysian Borneo is home to Malaysia’s three highest mountains. If you plan to scale the top 3 peaks of Malaysia, Sabah is the place to visit. Mt. Tambuyukon at 2,579 M, located 12 KM north of Mt. Kinabalu, always covered by cloud and mist during the day, Read More
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